Author Topic: Mangalitza cross Duroc - Question (Read 3248 times)

zackyb · « **on:** March 14, 2016, 02:52:24 pm »

I am sending my boar to the abbatoir ready for my next batch of sausages. I've sent boars and gilts/sows before but not a Duroc cross. A neighbour has said he thinks I am mad as the sausages will be tainted as its not a native breed or native breed cross.

Does anyone have any thoughts / information / experience on the Duroc breed please? I am new to it and bought him as a tiny weaner to try the meat and temperatment etc as an experiment. He did grow huge and is a lovely big lovely looking friendly pig - but in terms of anything else... the so called boar taint etc.. he seems no different to my other pigs - healthy, happy and smells just lovely of an outdoor pig (celery, earth, mud, grass etc

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waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2016, 03:05:51 pm »

Here is a link for you http://www.britishpigs.org.uk/breed_du.htm

hughesy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2016, 03:23:56 pm »

It's quite possible that your neighbour is a nutcase.

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2016, 04:46:32 pm »

Quote from: zackyb on March 14, 2016, 02:52:24 pm

I am sending my boar to the abbatoir ready for my next batch of sausages. I've sent boars and gilts/sows before but not a Duroc cross. A neighbour has said he thinks I am mad as the sausages will be tainted as its not a native breed or native breed cross.

Does anyone have any thoughts / information / experience on the Duroc breed please? I am new to it and bought him as a tiny weaner to try the meat and temperatment etc as an experiment. He did grow huge and is a lovely big lovely looking friendly pig - but in terms of anything else... the so called boar taint etc.. he seems no different to my other pigs - healthy, happy and smells just lovely of an outdoor pig (celery, earth, mud, grass etc [size=78%] [/size]
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What your neighbour said is absoloute sheizer. Boar taint, or taint is attributed to a pig being sexaully active and not because of whether it is native to this country or not. I know of people whio say that duroc pig pork is really, really tasty. All the best with everything and do let us know how you get on.